Pinch Me

LILY MARRIED THE MAN OF HER DREAMS.THEN SHE WOKE UP.

"Never marry a man unless he's short, bald, fat, stupid, and treats you badly." That is the advice that twenty-nine-year-old Lily Burns has heard her entire life from her grandmother Dolly and her mother, Selma. Despite this, when she meets Gogo, the handsome, successful pediatrician who treats her like a queen, she has no choice but to let her heart take over. When she agrees to marry him, Dolly and Selma are inconsolable. They decide it's time to tell her the truth: their family is cursed. If she marries for love, there will be unimaginable consequences.

Nevertheless, Lily and Gogo elope. Unable to believe her good fortune, Lily asks Gogo to pinch her--to make sure all this isn't just a dream. The moment he does, Lily finds herself transported back to the house she lived in when she was single. Gogo is gone. When Lily tracks him down, she finds that he's married to someone else and has no memory of her. In this modern fairy tale, Lily must find a way to break the curse and turn her nightmare back into a dream come true.

Author: Adena Halpern
Publisher: Touchstone Books
Published: 07/19/2011
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.52lbs
Size: 8.01h x 5.32w x 0.66d
ISBN: 9781439171141

Review Citation(s):
Romantic Times 08/01/2011 pg. 56 - Excellent
Publishers Weekly 06/27/2011
Booklist 08/01/2011 pg. 23

About the Author
Adena Halpern is the author of the novels 29 and THE TEN BEST DAYS OF MY LIFE and TARGET UNDERWEAR AND A VERA WANG GOWN- NOTES FROM A SINGLE GIRL'S CLOSET, a memoir which was based on her popular "Haute Life" essays for the back page of Marie Claire magazine. In addition to Marie Claire, Adena has written for Daily Variety and The New York Times. She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in dramatic writing from New York University and a Master of Fine Arts degree in screenwriting from The American Film Institute. A proud Philadelphia native, she resides in Los Angeles with her husband, television and screenwriter Jonathan Goldstein.